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THE UNITED STATES NAVY WANTS TO DEVELOP BIOFUELS
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO COSTLY FOSSIL FUELS FROM
UNSTABLE PARTS OF THE WORLD.
THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE NAVY
SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AT THE
PENTAGON TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED
BIOFUELS AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.
Ray Mabus: We're moving to expand the testing of
biofuel blends to our marine gas turbines that
we use in the surface navy and to our tactical
vehicles like the one sitting here today.
By 2016 we're going to deploy the great green
fleet, which is going to be powered entirely by
alternative fuels and by 2020 the Navy and Marine
Corps will produce half of all our energy from
alternative sources.
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY TOM VILSACK SAID RELYING ON
HOMEGROWN BIOFUELS WILL HELP THE NAVY AND RURAL
AMERICA.
Tom Vilsack: The capacity for us to move away from
unreliable foreign sources of energy puts us back in
control of our energy destiny and I think that
the military probably understands that better
than just about anyone.
There are enormous jobs in ethanol production,
facilities, maintenance.
Processing facilities that must be built by those in
the construction business in rural America.
Engineers and technicians operating those processing
facilities and designing them in rural America.
AND VILSACK HOPES ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY
CONSIDER CONVERTING TO BIOFUELS.
Vilsack: Begin to consider all the planes, all the
ships, all the cars, all the tanks all the
equipment.
Enormous opportunity for expansion.
THE U-S MILITARY USES NINETY PERCENT OF THE
ENERGY CONSUMED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IN WASHINGTON FOR THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
I'M BOB ELLISON.